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YOUNGHUSBAND, Sir Francis. The heart of a continent: Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his journey from Peking to India by way of the Gobi Desert and Chinese Turkestan, and across the himalaya buy the Mustagh Pass. London. John Murray, 1937. 8vo. xvi, 246pp, [2]. with a half-title, a photographic portrait frontispiece, two further photographic plates, and a folding map. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Esther Waldegrave with sincerest good wishes from her old friend Francis Younghusband. June 22. 1938'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25319
[WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddocke]. A tour through monmouthshire and wales, Made in the Months of June, and July, 1774. And in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777. Salisbury. Printed and sold by E. Easton, 1781. Second edition. Quarto. [4], xii, 214pp, [2]. With 16 engraved plates and a terminal leaf of errata. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Recent armorial bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24110
[WOODWARD, Samuel]. The Barclay Tract in Pennsylvania: Surveyed & Described by Samuel Rhoads Jr. 1835. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1835]. Folio. Manuscript on paper. [2], 25pp, [2], with eight further blank leaves. With a hand-illustrated and coloured folding plan of the Barclay Tract. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Later armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, short tear to centre fold of map, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 16126
WOODLEY, Rev. George. A view of the present state of the scilly islands: exhibiting their Vast Importance to the British Empire.. London. F. C. and J. Rivington, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [1], xviii, [1], 344pp. With half-title and large folding map of the Scilly isles. Uncut in original boards, recently rebacked with a new spine label. Quite worn and marked, with significant bumping to edges and corners. Heavy spotting and a little staining to title and preface, then lighter spotting across remainder of text. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33401
WOOD, G. Arnold. The voyage of the Endeavour. Melbourne. Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1933. 8vo. 116pp. Original publisher's limp orange cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Extremities rubbed, marked, damp-stained and sunned. Bookplate and ink-stamp of George Lowe to FEP, lightly stained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23620
WINSTON, W. R. Four years in upper burma. London. C. H. Kelly, 1892. First edition. 8vo. xii, 266pp, [10]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 21 plates, a partially coloured engraved folding map, numerous woodcut vignettes, and five terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth. Lightly rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, ticket of booksellers Henry Sotheran to verso of FFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'To Charles Winston / with his brother's love. / Oct ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31581
[WINDSOR]. The royal windsor guide, with a brief account of eton, Virginia Water, and the surrounding neighbourhood. Wndsor. Printed by J. B. Brown, [s.d., c.1850] New and enlarged edition. 8vo. 92pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 10 engraved plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary calf, stamped in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G.. Extremities rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of George Steed to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21964
WINANS, Walter. Hints on revolver shooting. New York and London. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. 8vo. [4], v, [1], 130pp, [2]. With a half-title, an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, numerous illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped red cloth. Lightly rubbed, a trifle dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32077
[WILTSHIRE]. THOMPSON, Thomas. The Visitation of Wiltshire taken 1565 by Tho. Thompson Lancaster Herald.. [s.i.]. [s.n., s.d., c.(?)1670s] Folio. Manuscript on paper, with some remains of pencilled sketches beneath ink. [4], 79ff. Paper watermarked foolscap, seven-pointed collar, three balls, countermark DA (similar to Heawood 2061, which he dates c.1676, but with a different countermark). Elaborate drawings of coats of arms (tricked) throughout. Modern gilt-tooled half calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, earlier marbled boards. A trifle rubbed (largely to surfaces of boards). Small 'Heraldry Today' ... More > £ 5,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 19577
[WARNER, Compton]. [Cover title:] Sketches of Swanage and its neighbourhood. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] First edition?. Oblong quarto. [17] leaves of lithographed plates. Original publisher's lithographed pictorial cream paper boards. Extremities a lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Hinges exposed, later bookseller's ticket of H. V. Day of Dorchester to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'With Compton Warner's kind regards'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32839
WALTON, Isaak. COTTON, Charles. The complete angler of izaak walton and charles cotton...to which are added, an introductory essay; the linnaean arrangment of the various river fish delineated in the work; and illustrative notes. London. John Major, 1824. 8vo. lviii, 416pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 13 engraved plates, and 76 engraved head- and tail-pieces. Bound by Hayday in contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Armorial bookplate of 'Sir Mervyn Ll. Peel' to FEP, occasional spotting/offsetting. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 15255
VOSSIUS, Isaac. Isaaci Vossii observationum ad Pomp. Melam appendix. Accedit ejusdem ad tertias P. Simonii objectiones responsio. Subjungitur Pauli Colomesii ad Henricum Justellum epistola. Londini [i.e. London]. Prostant apud Robertum Scott, 1686. Quarto. [2], 136pp, [2]. With an errata leaf. Without the dedication leaf (a common occurrence according to ESTC). Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities lightly discoloured and a trifle marked. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19487